It is with great sadness we mourn the passing of Judy Kaufman who passed away December 8, 2021, after a lengthy illness. Judy was born in Ottawa on December 19,1958, to Rae and Theresa Reid. Judy attended French school in Ottawa and went on to Algonquin College to study forestry. […]

Roman Beaulieu, 37, passed away on Monday, December 6, 2021, in Thunder Bay, Ont. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.

Leonard R. Hyatt, 60 years old, of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, (formerly of Devlin) passed away December 1, 2021. Complete obituary to follow.

The news today is filled with information about the Omnicron virus that is a derivative of the Covid virus. It has replaced the headlines from the United Nations Glasgow conference working to reduce green house gases and control global warming in the world. But on the back pages of newspapers […]

Dear editor, A very dear friend of mine was driven to emergency by her son, because of major breathing difficulties. In his rush, he forgot to lock his truck door. While in emerg, someone stole this sweet old lady’s purse and iPad. All her credit cards were stolen. The police […]

Dear editor, January 29 2019, Gowling delivered a 12 page draft opinion to a working group formed to look into the wood rights allocated under SFL No. 542245 (Crossroute SFL). Gowling advised that they had found reference to a 2017 Crossroute IFA being completed on the MNRF website, however they […]

Mostly sunny days here these past few weeks has resulted in Christmas decorations magically appearing on more and more houses. It seems we are fair-weather decorators here in the East. I, too, was late with my ladder and lights, but I’m not sure it was the weather that held me […]

It finally happened. Nov 30. We can cross the border and come back to Canada without a test or quarantine. Wanna bet? Seems there are a few, ifs ands, and buts. First there is that wondrous ArriveCan’t app itself. Seems it doesn’t work exactly right on some phones. So you […]

The annual Stuff-A-Cruiser was another huge success. The event was held Saturday December 4. This event traditionally takes place during Holy Daze in Emo. A deserving thank you to Ron and Charlene Mctavish that have organized this event for the past seven years. Three years ago their granddaughter McKenna joined […]

Katherine “Kaye” Sofronuk, 99, of 340 Third Street East in Fort Frances, Ontario passed away on SaturdayNovember 27, 2021 at LaVerendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ontario. She was born on August 18, 1922 in Sinkow, Poland and moved with her family to Canada as a child. She had lived […]